Riquelme To Atlético Still In The Works

<p>Juan Rom&aacute;n Riquelme&acute;s days at Boca are officially over- for now.&nbsp; So several different clubs in Europe have either been rejected or show no interest in the Argentine playmaker.</p>
<p>Riquelme will be arriving on Tuesday to join Villarreal in order to &uml;finalize his contract&uml;.&nbsp; As of right now, he is not in coach Manuel Pellegrini&acute;s or the club&acute;s brass&acute; plans for he upcoming season or future as a matter of fact.</p>
<p>The option of heading to Atl&eacute;tico Madrid once again has surfaced as the team sees a dire need&nbsp; for a player of his qualities on the attacking front.&nbsp; Aleti will be looking to make a big push towards the UEFA Cup as well as the La Liga title.&nbsp; For the club to not bring home some type of hardware this year after spending well over 100 million euros with adquisitons like Jos&eacute; Antonio Reyes and Sim&atilde;o Sabrosa would certainly leave coach Javier Aguirre out of a job.&nbsp;</p>
<p>As of right now, Atl&eacute;tico have completed their offseason shopping, but their upcoming UEFA Cup match against FK Vojvodina will tell whether&nbsp; Los Colchoneros will go after him.&nbsp; There are several aspects of this transaction they would have to consider.&nbsp;&nbsp; The main talking point would be the price tag, although it is not an obscene one , would they still be willing to pay that for an individual with such a complicated persnality like Riquelme&acute;s.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>HIs personality was part of the reason why Mauricio Macri and Carlos Bianchi sold him off to Barcelona back in 2002, although these two gave him more room to be who he was.&nbsp; With Villarreal in the meantime, it was his personality that caused the fallout with coaching staff and administration late last year.&nbsp;</p>